Research
UNMC team confirms COVID-19’s airborne transmission in leading scientific journal
UNMC’s findings on airborne transmission have passed scientific peer review and been accepted for publication by Nature’s Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology.
Aug 26, 2021
Big Ten Augemented Intelligence Bowl
The Institute for Augmented Intelligence in Medicine (I.AIM) at Northwestern University hosted the First Annual Big Ten Augmented Intelligence Bowl to address health disparities.
The goal was to bring together talent in medicine and computer science to raise the profile of augmented intelligence (AI) across the 14 institutions representing the Big Ten Academic Alliance.
The University of Nebraska multi-disciplinary team was composed of students from UNMC and UNL. Students came together to address health disparity in hypertension diagnosis and management in African Americans.
Aug 11, 2021
NIH grant to help migrant agricultural workers, families stay healthy
The team will work through the state of Nebraska Migrant Education Program to help migrant families in central Nebraska living primarily in Adams, Hall and Buffalo counties.
Aug 9, 2021
Nursing’s Lesiak is awarded Gold U
Lesiak is the administrative coordinator in the Niedfelt Nursing Research Center.
Aug 5, 2021
Study explores reduction in airway inflammation in lung diseases
$1.9 million grant funds study that challenges common thinking on secretory cells.
Aug 5, 2021
Implant shows extreme promise for regenerating bone
Experiments suggest design may outperform state-of-the-art counterparts.
Aug 4, 2021
UNMC study sheds more light on COVID, lung disease
Using several UNMC bio-banks, researchers found that IL-33 was profoundly depleted – essentially absent – in the lungs of all eight COVID-19 patients who did not survive COVID-19.
Jul 30, 2021
Potential new target for pancreatic cancer treatment
Team led by Pankaj Singh, PhD, published study in Gastroenterology journal.
Jul 26, 2021
UNMC study explores COVID -19, lung diseases
Research team examined role of IL-33 gene in COVID-19 compared to other inflammatory lung diseases.
Jul 21, 2021
SEPA sets Indigenous youth on path to health career
More than 439 students representing eight tribes and communities have participated since the camp started in 2007.
Jul 16, 2021
